Francesco Cavalli, a natural successor to Monteverdi, was the most famous and influential Italian opera composer during the mid-17th century. Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister to the king, commissioned Cavalli to create a Parisian spectacle to celebrate the wedding of the ‘Sun King’ Louis XIV and the Infanta of Spain. Ercole amante (‘Hercules in Love’) was the flattering subject chosen for this regal extravaganza combining larger-than-life characters with mythology, and genuine human emotions with natural and cosmic phenomena. The result is a sumptuous Baroque spectacle, conceived on a vast scale in this lavish production by directors Valerie Lesort and Christian Hecq.
Genres: Music
TMDb Rating: 10.0 (1 votes)
Runtime: 191 min
Nahuel Di Pierro as Ercole
Giuseppina Bridelli as Deianira
Ray Chenez as Il Paggio
Francesca Aspromonte as Iole
Eugénie Lefebvre as Pasithea / Clerica / Terza Grazia / Secondo Pianeta
Dominique Visse as Licco
Giulia Semenzato as Venere / Bellezza / Cinzia
Luca Tittoto as Nettuno / Eutyro
Krystian Adam as Hyllo
Anna Bonitatibus as Giunone
Ensemble Pygmalion as Choeur et Orchestre